happy first day of spring!! and what a lovely first day of spring it is here in korea. just what it should be -sunny and warm and clear and just slightly breezy. i just took a jaunt down to the post office and finally mailed the letter i wrote my gramma over 3 weeks ago. (oops). it had been quite a while since i'd visited the ladies there at the office, but they had the same smile for me. i think they are my favorite.

so the last few weeks have been pretty crazy. we've gotten a new teacher, new classes, new kindergarten kids, and grades were due on monday! i'm just now beginning to feel a little on top of things...or at least not so buried. my new little kids are terribly cute. almost too cute. there's trent who looks up at you with his big eyes and says, "hello teacher" every time he passes you in the hall. there's pink, who used to be named allison, but then she chose a favorite color. there's lucia in her pink polka dot tights and red converse. there's eric who never really knows what he's doing, but always has a content smile on his face (wherever his head is, he's enjoying it). there's brandon who could be the star of jackson 5, dance moves and all. and so many more! i forgot my camera all week, so i don't have any pictures yet -but we're having a birthday party tomorrow, so i'll soon have all kinds of eye sweets for you.

i've decided that i won't know how to live without elizabeth when i get back home. seriously...we probably spend 90 percent of our time awake together. and the other 10 percent of the time we're talking online and i'm keeping track of everything that happened while she wasn't there. somehow i feel the need to tell her everything -when my toast burns, when i cut myself shaving, when i water my plant, when i can't sleep, when i miss people at home. she's always there. so yes, i've decided that if i'm going to be able to live without her in 8 months, i'd better start weaning myself now. but is there actually any chance of that? no siree bob. we're just going to have large gas/cell phone bills when we get home. that's all there is to it.

since my family is in mexico this week, i've had some lonely mornings without them to talk to on skype. but my brother (as elizabeth has realized, when i say "my brother," i am specifically referring to nate, even though i have 5 brothers) has been filling in wonderfully. he makes me think. i like to think. here are a few thoughts from things i've been listening to/watching...

"i wanna be real -something you can sink your teeth into." (over the rhine) that's what i want to be, too.

"i don't want to own anything until i find a place where me and things go together. i'm not sure where that is, but I know what it's like. it's like Tiffany's. if i could find a real-life place that'd make me feel like tiffany's, then - then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name!" (breakfast at tiffany's)
i think we're all out looking for that place -if you find it, please let me know.

i don't know about you, but i was feeling the need for a snack. and not just any old snack -reeses peanut butter cups! and not just the little ones -a big one! i just realized i have enough stored up that i can have 1 a week until my mom gets here and replenishes my supply...haha. it was probably better before i knew that. ah well. chocolate is good for you. make sure to get outside and take time to smell the roses -but if you can't manage, at least stop by google.com and admire the red and yellow bouquets. =)

ps -i'd like you to meet my new housemates -charlie and mary elizabeth. (charlie is looking for a middle name, so if you have any ideas, let me know and i'll tell him).